On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:54:40 -0800 Tim Howard <tdhoward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 05:11:54 -0800 > > From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: It's music time again > > > On 2/9/06, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > One day, I'll spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more > > > than 20 quid and speakers that were meant for more than Doom. Then > > > maybe I'll stick with a track long enough to produce something > > > polished. > > > > > > > You know, it probably isn't as necessary as you think. All studio > > monitors do (IMO) is give you a good listening environment when you're > > mixing. However, they are not 'required' to get a good mix. If you > > I have a "home bedroom" studio with wierd acoustics, which makes it > very difficult to get accurate sound, even from the highest quality > studio monitors. So I use a set of high-quality headphones to do my > mixes. > > It is much easier to get high-quality, accurate sound from a smaller > transducer closer to the ear, rather than having your speakers moving > a lot of air through a longer distance. It's also a lot cheaper... > :-) > > -Tim I would agree with that, but with one proviso, do a final check on a reasonable home audio, especially for bass - after all, this is where you hope your music will mostly be heard! -- F
